diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cf75b927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const config = {
+  passwordProtect: false,
+  password: "password"
+}
+export default config;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2c100c7f7..f838a62e2 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 import express from 'express'
+import basicAuth from "express-basic-auth";
 import http from 'node:http'
 import { createBareServer } from '@tomphttp/bare-server-node'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import cors from 'cors'
-
+import config from './config.js'
 const __dirname = process.cwd()
 const server = http.createServer()
 const app = express(server)
 const bareServer = createBareServer('/v/')
 const PORT = 8080
-
+if (config.passwordProtect) {
+  console.log("Password protection is enabled. Username is 'interstellar'.")
+  console.log("Password is: " + config.password)
+  app.use(basicAuth({
+    users: { "interstellar" : password },
+    challenge: true
+  }))
+}
 app.use(express.json())
 app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }))
 app.use(cors())
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 90a1f4f4c..6965c2b2f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@tomphttp/bare-server-node": "^2.0.1",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
-    "express": "^4.18.2"
+    "express": "^4.18.2",
+    "express-basic-auth": "^1.2.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "prettier": "3.2.1"